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Breach notice filed by Medical University of South Carolina (November 2023)

Organization named: Medical University of South Carolina Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Nov. 13, 2023.

Organization as reported
Medical University of South Carolina, SC
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Network Server
Submission date
Nov. 13, 2023
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10355, row:1494)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Medical University of South Carolina, reported that its business associate (BA) sent an email that contained the protected health information (PHI) of 1,758 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names only. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The employee involved was retrained.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 1,758 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Nov. 13, 2023, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 10355)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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